I survived my first day back!

Well, yesterday was an interesting day for me. I was supposed to work 7am-7:30pm. I got a phone call at exactly 5:07am stating that I was going to be on-call from 6am-2pm. They said they had low census. I said ok. I went ahead and took a shower and got Lily ready to go to grandma's. So, John took Lily to grandma's before going to work and this started my morning of waiting by the phone. I ended up falling asleep on the couch about 7:30am. I was awaken again by the phone at 9:45am. This time it was my boss. I thought, well, I'm getting called into work. However, she told me she was going to go ahead and take me off call til 2pm. So, I didn't have to sit by the phone anymore, but I was probably going to have to go into work at 3pm, so I really couldn't do anything. Anyway, I picked up the house a little bit, had lunch, and was on the Internet. Then, I got another phone call at noon. This time it was the charge nurse begging me to come in. Evidently, they were getting slammed with 7 admits all at once. I told her I would be there in an hour. The whole time I was getting dressed and driving to work, I was getting so nervous. I kept thinking...do you remember your passwords? Do you remember how to use the monitor? Do you remember the rhythm strips? I kept thinking of things I haven't done in 6 months. By the time I got to work, my stomach was in knots. I went to my locker, dropped off my stuff, and was out on the floor for the first time in 6 months. I was absolutely scared out of my mind. I was just thankful that I was getting a patient with abd pain rule out pancreatitis. This is not exactly an ICU patient. I was thrilled!!!!!! So, the admission process took me forever. Some things changed on the Meditech computer system that we use. However, the patient was very kind and very understanding. So, I was still working on her orders at 6:30pm, when I was told I was getting another patient. Let me tell ya, you are pretty much screwed when you get a patient that close to the end of your shift. Pretty much means you are not leaving on time. That was exactly what happened. I didn't clock out until 9:00pm and it takes me 30 minutes to get home. So, when I finally got home, Lily was in the process of falling asleep. I only got to see Lillian for about 15 minutes. I really wanted to see her and play with her, but knew she needed to go to bed. As I was laying in bed, I just prayed that I didn't screw anything up. I hope that I did alright. I never ever want to hurt anybody! Anyway, I'm still alive and well, so I guess you would say that I survived my first day back!

In other news, Lily is still hanging in there with her teething. Today, I seriously thought I was going to lose it though. She cried and cried for an hour straight. I couldn't do anything to help her. I started off with a diaper change....didn't help, I went to fix her a bottle...didn't help, I got a cold pacificer out...didn't help, got a teething ring (didn't fit her mouth at all)...didn't help. Finally, I decided to use those teething tablets. I do not use medication if I don't have to. However, I was out of ideas. So, I got those tablets out. I ended up using two of them. I didn't know how long it was going to take, so I made her a bottle with a couple of ounces in it so she could at least chew on the nipple. Anyway, within 15 minutes, she was out. She was finally relaxed!!! She has been great for the rest of the day!! I'm thinking she is getting another tooth on the bottom now. However, she didn't really let me look into her mouth, so I could be wrong on that one.

Well, I will post some pics of Lily. She is getting so big!! I can't believe how fast the time is flying by!